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...this is nuts,” Atran wrote. “How is anybody in academia ever going to have as much as possible to offer in this whole mess—though people in academia keep complaining that the government doesn’t pay attention to serious scholars??if no one can even talk to the people most involved...
...past three weeks have witnessed a flurry of activity related to the scholars?? editorial. Devoted Rhodies offered detailed rebuttals on The Crimson’s Web site; Harvardians scared for their fellowship-funded futures spouted sententious comments in the same forum; Oxonians skeptical of their school’s imminent demise traded incensed e-mails; the disgruntled authors issued statements, claiming to have been misunderstood...
Incoming Canadian Rhodes scholar Daniel J. Wilner ’07 identified a connection between the Rhodes scholars?? complaints and the grumblings of students here: “In the case of Harvard, just like with the Rhodes, there are kids who might apply and go because it’s Harvard, not because it’s necessarily the right choice for them. That’s something some Harvard students might be able to identify with, or at least understand.” Those disappointed with their experience “might feel that they...
...Rhodes Trust, Elliot F. Gerson ’74, said that the op-ed raised legitimate points that were obscured by its presentation. However, he said “much of the rest of their article was frankly silly.” Although Gerson said that the two Rhodes Scholars?? views are “in the extreme minority,” he said that “there is an unfortunate perception that those attitudes are more common among Harvard students at Oxford.” Gerson submitted a letter to the editor that was published...
...these three students some months ago, I was anything but distraught. I couldn’t help but see the humor in this role-reversal on the hackneyed, "Revenge of the Nerds" theme. In this case, surly, plainspoken officers of the law matter-of-factly foiled the scheming scholars?? painstakingly crafted plan. And it is initially hard to find fault in an arrest that might curtail future mass-scale "Star Wars" idolatry. I for one plan to flee this city and never return if the Beacon Hill monument is ever altered to resemble...